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Zoom lens apparatus with a piezoelectrically driven moveable platform

US8514301B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13Claims

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Inventors

Silvio Zaifrani · Nesher, IL
Shaul Hasson · Lod, IL
Gal Peled · Ezer, IL
Nir Karasikov · Haifa, IL
Eytan Rogel · Haifa, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 24, 2008
Grant date	Aug 20, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 24, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N23/57
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A camera having an optic axis and comprising: a lens having a lens optic axis; a platform to which the lens is mounted; a guide track to which the platform is mounted and along which the platform is moveable; wherein the guide track is rotatable between a first position in which the optic axis of the lens substantially coincides with the camera optic axis and a second position in which the lens optic axis does not coincide with the camera optic axis.

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